Port Curtis (bay)

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Port Curtis is a both a port and a pastoral district in Queensland, Australia. [1] [2] It is located off the coast of the present-day city of Gladstone and was the original name of the township. The Port Curtis pastoral district in and around Gladstone was gazetted on 23 March 1868. [2]

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Port Curtis (the bay) was named by Matthew Flinders on 1 August 1802 after Vice Admiral Sir Roger Curtis of the Royal Navy. Curtis had assisted Flinders with repairs to HMS Investigator in Cape Town in October 1801. [1]

Port Curtis was the capital of North Australia, a short-lived British colony established in 1846 and extinguished the following year. North Australia consisted of modern day Northern Territory and Queensland north of 26th parallel.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Port Curtis – port (entry 9103)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Port Curtis – pastoral district (entry 44015)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 9 December 2015.

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